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Originally Posted by Opie

Show me where I said:
That the vaccine was more dangerous than the virus.
That I think the vaccine causes cancer or something.
That I am an anti-vaxer.

Still waiting.

Not contested by just me, Sweden had a lax lockdown and reaction compared to the United States and had a similar result in infection rates..
Closer to home southeastern states like Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, etc had less stringent lockdowns (and deaths) than Northeastern states like New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and again had a similar result in infection rates. Infection Rate Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/...cans-by-state/
Death Rate Source: https://www.heritage.org/data-visual...ates-by-state/


Of course the assessment changes based by multiple factors. That doesn't change the overall, combined risk assessment which is what I was referring to. A healthy 20 year old should take different precautions than a 75 year old smoker with Copd and 1 lung. You also assume the exposure rate is not 100%, where is the data to back that up?

How does India with a population of 1,390,036,134, the second largest population in the world only have 162,000 deaths from Covid-19 with limited lockdowns, lower living conditions and less access to healthcare than the United States with a population of 332,427,013 and 563,926 deaths? (Maybe it was the hydroxychloroquine that is taken regularly there for malaria? ) Do you really think they did a better job than us? Do you really think the rest of the world did a better job than us?

Common sense tells me our numbers seem hyper-inflated.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

"Fear's greatest weapon is its ability to blind one to anything. In its presence, we forget there are others to consider, things to save besides ourselves."

So why aren’t you getting the vaccine again?

How is Sweden a good example? They didn’t do great and also didn’t do nothing. Try listing what they did do to thwart the spread of the virus. Try comparing apples to apples. If infection rates are identical in a rural area and in a major, dense city then did they both handle things equally well?

If the exposure rate was 100%, meaning everyone had immunity, then the case and death rate would be zero. The only way the case rate is not zero with a 100% exposure rate is if reinfection is super common.

India has done about half the number of tests as the US, even with their larger population. Research how poor India is at reporting deaths in general in rural areas and even in the cities; I’m sure it is even worse now. Like other countries, India is use to pandemics and their response as a country isn’t defiance.

Our numbers are not hyper-inflated. Another conspiracy theory wacko, and this is why I lost interest in this thread.